List of monastic houses in Greater London

The following is a list of the monastic houses in Greater London, England.

Alphabetic listing FoundationImageCommunities and provenanceFormal name or dedication and alternative names !width = 10%|References and locationAldgate PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularfounded 1107-8 by Queen Maud;conventual church rebuilt 1339 onwards;dilapidated since 1532;dissolved 1534; granted to Sir Thomas Audley, Speaker of the House of Commons 1531/2;largely demolished thereafterChristchurch, Aldgate |Pastscape — Detailed Result: ALDGATE PRIORYBritish History Online — Austin canons: Priory of Holy Trinity or Christchurch, Aldgate — Victoria County History: A History of the County of London: Volume 1 (pp.465-475)Aldgate AbbeyFranciscan nunsfounded 1293-4 by Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, confirmed by his brother Edward I;dissolved March 1539;The Abbey Church of the Grace of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Francis, without Aldgate____________________The Minories, London;Holy Trinity, Minories |British History Online — Friaries: The minoresses without Aldgate — Victoria County History: A History of the County of London: Volume 1 (pp.516-519)Barking AbbeyBenedictine? nuns and monks — double housefounded c.666 by St Erkenwald son of Anna, King of the East Angles;destroyed in raids by the Danes 870;refounded 946-951Benedictine nunsrefounded 965-75 by King Edgar and St Dunstandissolved 14 November 1539; granted to Edward, Lord Clinton 1551/2St MarySt Mary and St Ethelburgha____________________Berking Abbey;Bedenham Abbey |Pastscape — Detailed Result: BARKING ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine nuns: Abbey of Barking — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2 (1907), (pp.115-122)Bentley PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularfounded 1171 by Ranulf de Glanville;dissolved before 1532;house named 'The Priory' possibly built on site: formerly in use as a girls' school, then a hotel;now in ownership of R.A.F. Bentley PrioryThe Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalen, Bentley |Pastscape — Detailed Result: BENTLEY PRIORYBritish History Online — Religious Houses: House of Augustinian canons, Victoria County History: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 1: "Physique, Archaeology, Domesday, Ecclesiastical Organization, The Jews, Religious Houses, Education of Working Classes to 1870, Private Education from Sixteenth Century" (1969), (pp.169-170)Bermondsey MinsterSaxon monasteryfounded not earlier than under Pope Constantine I (708-715)Bermondsey, Saxon minster -'Vermundesei' given as a dependency of Medeshamstede (Peterborough) in 690: Walter de Gray Birch, (1885–93), Cartularium Saxonicum p.133nothing further known about its history — possibly destroyed in raids by the Danes 9th century and succeeded by a new minster at Southwark|Pastscape — Detailed Result: MONUMENT NO. 404445Bermondsey AbbeyCluniac monks alien house: dependent on La Charité;priory founded 1082 by Alvin (Aylwin) Child, citizen of London (first monks arrived 1089);became denizen: independent from 1381;raised to abbey status 1399 by order of the Pope;dissolved 1 January 1538; granted to Sir Richard Southwell 1541/2; and demolished soon afterSt Saviour |Pastscape — Detailed Result: BERMONDSEY ABBEYBritish History Online — Alien houses: The priory of Lewisham — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2 (p.238)Brockley AbbeyPremonstratensian Canonsdaughter house of Sulby, Northamptonshire;founded before 1182 by Countess Juliana and her seneschal Michael of Thornham;dissolved 1199–1208;transferred to Bayham, (East) Sussex c.1180The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Brockley |Pastscape — Detailed Result: BROCKLEY ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Premonstratensian canons: Abbey of Bayham — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 2 (pp.86-89)Bromley-by-Bow PrioryBenedictine nunsfounded before 1122;dissolved 1536Bromley Priory;Stratford-at-Bow Priory;Stratford-by-Bow Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: STRATFORD-BY-BOW PRIORYBritish History Online — Religious Houses: House of Benedictine nuns — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 1 (pp.156-159)Clerkenwell PrioryKnights Hospitallerfounded c.1144 (or c.1100 by Jordan Briset, Baron, and his wife MurielClerkenwell Preceptory — foundation according to Stow: Survey of London (1633); Jordan Briset died 1110; foundation as early as 1100 not possible);dissolved 1540; the tower was blown up by Protector Somerset, much of the material used to build Somerset HouseSt John's Clerkenwell |Pastscape — Detailed Result: CLERKENWELL PRIORY OF THE KNIGHTS HOSPITALLERSPastscape — Detailed Result: ST JOHNS GATEBritish History Online — Religious Houses: House of Knights hospitallers — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 1 (pp.193-204)Clerkenwell Priory (Augustinian)Augustinian Canonessesfounded 1100 by Robert, Priest, or c.1144 by Jordan FitzRalph (Briset);also given as Benedictine nunsdissolved c.1539; granted to Walter Hanley and John Williams, Knight 1545/6The Priory Church of Saint Mary de FonteThe Priory Church of Saint Mary of the Assumption |Pastscape — Detailed Result: LONDON CLERKENWELL PRIORYBritish History Online — Religious Houses: Houses of Augustinian canonesses — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 1 (pp.170-182)Ealing Abbey *Benedictine monks — from Downside, Somersetfounded 1897;priory 1916;raised to abbey status 1955; extantThe Abbey Church of Saint Benedict, Ealing |English Benedictine Congregation - Ealing Abbey Ealing Abbey — HomeEastminster AbbeyCistercian monksdaughter house of Beaulieu, Hampshire;founded 20 March 1350 by Edward III;dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Arthur Darcy 1542/3New Abbey;The Abbey of St Mary de Graciis;St Mary Graces Abbey |Pastscape — Detailed Result: ABBEY OF ST MARY GRACESBritish History Online — Cistercian monks: Eastminster, New Abbey — Victoria County History: A History of the County of London: Volume 1 (pp.461-464)Elsing Spital Priorysecular college(community founded at London within Cripplegate before 1329)transferred here: founded 1329 by William Elsing;nunsconventual hospitalfounded 1331;chapel for priory and hospital built 1332;Augustinian Canons Regularconventual hospital;founded 1340; granted to John Williams, Master of the King's Jewels 1539/40;destroyed by fire 24 December 1539/40;priory church in parochial use from dissolution;demolished 1923Elsing Spittle Priory;Priory and Hospital of St Mary-within-CripplegateChurch of St Alphage, London Wall |Pastscape — Detailed Result: CHURCH OF ST ALPHAGE LONDON WALLPastscape — Detailed Result: CHURCH OF ST ALPHAGEBritish History Online — List of houses — The records of St. Bartholomew's priory [and] St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield: Volume 1 (pp.LVII)Feltham PrioryAnglican Benedictine nunsfounded 24 June 1868 by Father Ignatius;transferred to TwickenhamSS Mary and Scholastica____________________Feltham Nunnery |English Benedictine Congregation — Curzon Park Abbey Greenwich BlackfriarsDominican Friarsfounded 1376 by Edward III and Sir John Norbury;dissolved; refounded by Queen Mary;dissolved by Elizabeth I|Greenwich Greyfriars #Observant Franciscan Friarsfounded 1482: permission granted by the Pope to Edward IV, established 1485;suppressed for rejection of papal authority 1534;Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of London)refounded 1534;dissolved 1538;Observant Franciscan Friarsrefounded 1555;dissolved 1559;demolished;north-west wing of hospital currently stands on site|Pastscape — Detailed Result: GREENWICH GREYFRIARSBritish History Online — Friaries: The observant friars of Greenwich — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2 (pp.194-198)Haliwell PrioryAugustinian Canonessesfounded before 1127 (before 1150(?)) by Robert fitz Gelran (Fitzmore), canon of St Paul's; benefacted by Richard Belmeis, Bishop of London;also given as Benedictine nunsdissolved c.1539; granted to William Webb 1544/5The Priory Church of Saint John the Baptist, Holywell____________________Holywell Priory;Holywell Nunnery, Shorditch |Pastscape — Detailed Result: PRIORY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, HALIWELLBritish History Online — Religious Houses: Houses of Augustinian canonesses — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 1 (pp.170-182)The Augustinian Priory of St. John the Baptist, Holywell — Survey of London: volume 8 (pp.153-187)Hampton Cell then, later, Hampton PreceptorySisters of St John of Jerusalemfounded before 1180;transferred to Sisters of St John Priory, Buckland, Somerset c.1180|Knights Hospitallerfounded before 1180(?);manor procured by Hospitallers 1237; referred to as a camera 1338Hampton Preceptory — status given as camera: C. S. Larking, The Knights Hospitallers in England, (1857), (pp.127-8);;later guest house; leased out 1505;dissolved 1338;lands were leased to the royal courtier Giles Daubeney 1494, who built private house; demolished 1514;99-year lease obtained from the Hospitallers by Wolsey June 1514;Hampton Court built on site|British History Online — Religious Houses: House of Knights hospitallers — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 1 (pp.193-204)Pastscape — Detailed Result: HAMPTON HOSPITALLERS PRECEPTORYHarmondsworth PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: cell(?) dependent on St-Catherine-du-Mont, Rouen;founded between 1066 and 1087 (during the reign of William the Conqueror);dissolved ?before 1391; granted to Winchester College;granted to Sir William Paget 1547/8|Pastscape — Detailed Result: HARMONDSWORTH PRIORYBritish History Online — Religious Houses: Introduction — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 1 (pp.152-155)Hornchurch Priory +Augustinian Canonsalien house: cell dependent on the Hospital of St Nicholas and St Bernard in Montjoux, Savoy;founded 1158/9 by Henry II;dissolved November 1390; granted to New College, Oxford 1391;Saint Nicholas and Saint Bernard |Hounslow Prioryhospitalfounded before 1200;Trinitariansfounded after 1224 (possibly 1252);dissolved 1538; granted to William, Lord Windsor;Parish Church of the Holy Trinity built on site 1828The Holy Trinity____________________Hounslow Friary |Pastscape — Detailed Result: HOUNSLOW PRIORYBritish History Online — Religious Houses: House of Trinitarian friars — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 1 (pp.191-193)Kilburn Prioryanchoresses cellfounded before/c.1130;Benedictine nuns founded 1139 (during the reign of Henry I) by the Convent of Westminster;possibly Augustinian Canonesses during existence — but began and ended as Benedictine;dissolved 1537 (1536); granted to John, Earl of Warwick 1547/8Kylburn Nunnery |Pastscape — Detailed Result: KILBURN PRIORYBritish History Online — Religious Houses: Houses of Augustinian canonesses — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 1 (pp.170-182)Lesnes AbbeyAugustinian Canons Regular — Arrouasianfounded June 1178 by Richard de Luci, Justiciar of England;dissolved 1525; granted to Cardinal Wolsey's college at Oxford; granted to Sir Ralph Sadler 1536/7The Abbey Church of Saint Thomas the Martyr, Lesnes____________________Westwood Abbey